Can't I drink boiled water during confinement?

According to traditional concepts, you should pay as much attention to your diet as possible during the confinement period. You should not eat too much, and you should not eat any hot or cold food, spicy or greasy food. In addition, you should not drink boiled water during the confinement period, especially cold water. Hot boiled water is okay, but many drinks, coffee, and alcoholic beverages, whether hot or cold, are not allowed, because the body will be very weak during the confinement period due to breastfeeding.

Confinement water is rice wine with alcohol evaporated from it. It is specially designed for postpartum women to use during the confinement period to prevent their body shape from changing.

Ancient traditional medicine believes that a woman's qi and blood are greatly depleted and her yang fluid is strained when giving birth. Drinking some non-alcoholic rice wine can replenish blood and promote qi circulation, regulate qi and blood throughout the body, and avoid postpartum qi and blood deficiency, dizziness, fatigue, blurred vision, sweating, and no or very little lochia. Drinking non-alcoholic rice wine after delivery can help women avoid wind and cold, prevent many diseases such as postpartum joint pain, and promote blood circulation, warm the spleen and stomach, and promote milk secretion.

Drinking "confinement water" can keep your body shape after giving birth. The "theoretical basis" is that during pregnancy, the woman's uterus enlarges, squeezing the internal organs and causing the skin to swell accordingly.

After childbirth, the uterus is emptied, the internal organs will sag, and the skin around the waist will become loose. If you drink normal water, because the water molecules are larger, it will cause a "water bucket waist" after childbirth and it will be difficult for your internal organs to return to their original position.

The "confinement water" can not only replenish blood and qi, and promote milk secretion, but also because its water molecules are small, it is beneficial for the mother to reshape her body and restore her internal organs. Therefore, during the confinement period, mothers should use "confinement water" for cooking, making soup, and washing.

Eucommia water

1. Ingredients: 20g raw Eucommia ulmoides, 900ml water

2. Preparation method: Pour Eucommia ulmoides into water and cook over high heat until it boils, then turn to low heat. When there is about 600 ml of material left in the pot, you can remove it from the pot.

Note: Eucommia water is suitable for women who have given birth for two weeks.

Yue Fu Bao

1. The ingredients needed are five fresh longan pulps and five wolfberries, 30 grams of brown sugar and 400 milliliters of water.

2. Preparation method: First pour the longan and wolfberry into the pot, add water, and cook until about 300 ml of water remains. Finally, add appropriate amount of brown sugar. Note: Yuefubao is suitable for women who have given birth one week ago.